研究顯示:男性沉迷手機將面臨不育風險

Men who carry their mobile phone in a trouser pocket or talk on it for just an hour a day risk suffering with fertility problems, scientists warn.

近日，科學家警告稱，習慣將手機放在褲子口袋中的男性，或每天打電話時間超過一小時的男性都面臨着不育的風險。

The quality of sperm among men in Western countries is steadily decreasing, and is considered the factor in 40 per cent of cases in which couples have difficulty conceiving a child. Heat and electromagnetic activity which emanate from a mobile phone are thought to be 'cook' sperm, causing them to die.

西方國家男性精子的質量呈逐年下降的趨勢，人們認爲這是導致40%的夫妻無法生育的罪魁禍首。手機發出的熱量和電磁波會給精子“升溫”，導致其死亡。

Israeli scientists monitored 106 men attending a fertility clinic for a year. The study revealed that men who chatted on the phone for more than an hour daily were twice as likely to have low sperm quality as those who spoke for less than an hour, while those who talked on the phone as it charged were almost twice as likely to suffer problems.

以色列的科學家曾在一年內對106位到一家生殖診所就診的男性進行跟蹤調查。該調查結果顯示，每天打電話時間超過1小時的男性的精子質量低下的概率是無此習慣的男性的兩倍。而充電時打電話的男性患上不育症的機率是其他男性的兩倍。

It also found that 47 per cent of men who kept their phones within 20 inches of their groin had sperm levels that were seriously affected, compared with just 11 per cent of the general population.

研究還發現，手機距陰部距離不足20英尺的男性中，47%的人的精子質量會受到嚴重影響，其他人這一機率僅爲11%，

The findings, published in Reproductive BioMedicine, support a long-feared link between dropping male fertility rates and the prevalence of mobile phones.

這一研究成果發表在Reproductive BioMedicine上，爲長久以來對生育率下降和手機大規模使用間的聯繫的擔憂提供了現實依據。

Professor Martha Dirnfeld, of the Technion University in Haifa, which carried out the study, said: 'The sperm levels were down to a number that would make conception difficult. If you are trying for a baby and it doesn't happen within a year you might want to think of whether it could be your mobile phone habit that is to blame.'

以色列理工大學的Martha Dirnfeld教授參與了研究，他說：“精子數量將下降到令女性難以受孕的水平。如果你想要個孩子但一年內卻沒有任何動靜，那麼就該想想是不是自己使用手機的習慣出現了問題。”

The study concludes that men planning to conceive should turn off their devices while charging, or keep it at least 20 inches from the groin.

此項研究得出結論稱，打算生育兒女的男性應該在充電時關掉手機，把手機放在離陰部20英寸之外的地方。